File Size
1.01MB (Open Source)

Description
7-Zip is an open source file archiver predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It operates either as a command line program or with a graphical user interface. It also features integration with the Windows shell environment. 7-Zip is free software, distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Features:

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
• Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 55 languages

File Size
4.67MB (Open Source)

Description
PeaZip is a free, open source file and archive manager.

PeaZip is cross platform, available as portable and installable software for 32 and 64 bit Windows (9x, 2000, XP, Vista) and Linux (PeaZip is a desktop neutral application).

• create: 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP;
• open: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more archive types (79 file extensions supported, see full list).

PeaZip allows to save archive’s layouts; apply powerful multiple search filters to archive’s content; handle multiple archives at once; export job definition as command line; bookmark archives and folders etc…

Other features: AES256 encryption, robust file copy, split/join files (file span), secure file deletion, compare, checksum and hash files, system benchmark, generate random passwords and keyfiles.

File Size
8.13MB (Shareware)

Description
PowerArchiver is one of the most powerful archive utilities available. PowerArchiver offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast. Novice users will find a familiar interface complete with tutorial and detailed help, while more experienced users can take advantage of full Explorer integration, multiple encryption methods and advanced compression algorithms.

• Support for unlimited file size and unlimited number of files in ZIP archives
• Support for advanced Deflate64 method providing higher compression ratios
• ZIP AES support (both PkZip 5,1 and WZ 9.0 standards supported)
• Fast and strong compression and decompression
• Multiple disk spanning, with support for unlimited span sizes

File Size
1.31MB (Shareware)

Description
WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special “Wizard” mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.

File Size
3.55MB (Freeware)

Description
IZArc is the ultimate archive utility supports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support.

File Size
13.25MB (Freeware)

Description
O&O DiskImage Express is free software which enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives.

When first starting O&O DiskImage Express, please proceed as follows:

• Download the packed file archive (*.Zip) onto a drive with a minimum of 20 MB free disk space.
• Extract the downloaded file, and ideally enter your external storage media (hard disk, USB stick etc) as the target drive.
• Start O&O DiskImage Express by double clicking on the file oodiex.exe, which you can find in the folder OO Soft/Programs.

File Size
1.79MB (Freeware)

Description
SyncBack has established itself as world-class in the field of backup and synchronization software. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced user, at home or work, SyncBack ensures your most valuable asset, data, remains protected.

• Backup – Protect your data
• Restore – Recover your lost files easily
• Incremental Backups – Does what is required
• FTP and Email – Online access
• Performance & Throttling – As fast as can be
• Synchronize – Work with 2 or more computers
• Secure – Keep confidential data private
• Compression – Keep your files small
• Automation – Set it and forget it
• Advanced Customization – A superb array of options

File Size
3.91MB (Freeware)

Description
TUGZip is a powerful award-winning freeware archiving utility for Windows that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

• Supports ZIP, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1 and ZOO archives.
• Supports BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disc-images.
• Windows shell integration, e.g. drag & drop, shell context menu and drop handlers.
• Create 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP archives.
• Script support which allows you to make automated backups.
• Basic features like: add, extract, delete, rename, run, view, checkout, install, test, comment, SFX, virus-scanning, disk-spanning and much more.
• Repair corrupted ZIP and SQX archives.
• Can extract multiple archives at once using Multi Extract.
• Encrypt archives using 6 different algorithms. Blowfish (128-bit), DES (56-bit), Triple DES (168-bit) and Rijndael (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit).
• Create self-extracting encrypted archives.

File Size
4.98MB (Freeware)

Description
Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it’s a simple zip file, an installation program (like Wise or NSIS), or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.

This application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc. The original motivation behind this project was to create an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time.

File Size
3.86MB (Commercial Trial)

Description
WinAce is an archiving program with it’s own powerful compression format ACE and built-in support for other popular compression types like ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB (to name a few).

The feature list of WinAce includes:

• compression of the following formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, JAVA JAR
• decompression of: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• multi-volume (disk spanning) archives for ACE, ZIP, CAB
• self-extracting archives (SFX) for ACE and ZIP
• password encryption & recovery records for data protection
• Integrity check for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• Repair functionality for ACE and ZIP archives
• Authenticity verification for ACE archives
• comment files in HTML, ANSI or ASCII for ACE- and ZIP-Archives
• full command line access (compatible with DOS ACE)
• detailed information for all archive types
• Quickviewer for graphic files, Word Documents, HTML pages and ASCII files
• full drag&drop support
• complete file-management (copying, moving and deleting of files and directories)
• optimization of existing archives
• access to your archives in Windows Explorer and via the context menu (shell extension)
• table of contents in the “Properties” panel of ACE and ZIP files (shell extension)

The latest version of WinAce now expires after 30 days and gives you the option of paying for a license or installing adware.